Is anyone else worried that if Brown wins, lots of Dems will take this as a sign.....

[marmar]

.....that they need to move further right, ala 1994, and toss the Left under an A380 ???


Can someone send them all copies of this movie?:

[WeDidIt]

1. That's exactly what's going to happen

FUCK FUCK FUCK!

[Mojambo]

2. Rahm already has the plans drawn up. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

3. I'm sure the drumbeat has already started...

Hopefully, Obama won't cave to the DLC like Clinton did after 1994.

[Grand Taurean]

4. The Dems are going right!

Dems cannot get off of their ass to vote then this is what we deserve.
A teabagger backed by Hannity and monkeys(i.e sports stars).
That is what you get.
Also, anyone who plays a sport is monkey.
Sports are not hard to excel at.
I would expect sports players to be Republican as there is alot of money and very little meaningful work involved.

[Ozymanithrax]

5. Legislation will move to the right, because they no longer will be able...

to even do what they are doing now.

You can't pass everything with reconciliation.

So it doesn't matter what the Democrats want, what matters is what is possible. There will simply be pieces of legislation that are no longer possible.

Bank regulation and global warming legislatio comes to mind.

But imagine what SCOTUS judges now must pass a 41 vote NO!!!!! Obama may have to put up people like Scalia simply to fill a bench.

Elections have consequences.

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. It's already being circulated as a DLC talking point.

Tweety, Bayh, and Lieberdouche have already said it. :puke:

[anonymous171]

7. Dems lost in 1994 because they were too far right. nt

[marmar]

8. I agree that's the reason.....but elected Dems never seem to interpret it that way.

nt

[JVS]

22. They can interpret all they want, if they try it they'll be out on their asses a year from now.

We've got midterms coming up.

[Edweird]

9. They were moving to the right win or lose. Don't kid yourself.

[marmar]

10. Note that I said "further" right in the OP.....Perhaps you didn't read it thoroughly.

[Edweird]

17. I read it.

My belief is that they will use the result of this election as justification for moving further right - win or lose. I think the movement further right was a forgone conclusion. Period. So, yes, they will use it as an excuse to move further right. But it was gonna happen no matter what.

[ShortnFiery]

19. +1 --> Make that the *corporate* right = one "blessed" right-wing duopoly.

[ShortnFiery]

20. dupe

[roamer65]

11. Going further to the right will lose them both houses in November.

The people wanted real healthcare reform, not health insurance re-organization.

[Terra Alta]

12. what the Dems really need to do

is to FIRE Tim Kaine and put a REAL DEMOCRAT(not a corporate-owned DLCer) in charge... but I don't see that happening.. they will keep Kaine, move farther to the right, and come November we are fucked. :grr:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Which doesn't mean that we have to go with them. n/t

[pscot]

14. The Democrats will do whatever they can

to fuck up their opportunities, whether I worry about it or not. They've been doing it for as long as I can remember. I try not to take it too seriously.

[Alenne]

15. Of course not

They will move further to the left because this will teach them a lesson.

[mdmc]

16. Its the only move we know.. are we gonna slide to the right?

ya'betcha

[leeroysphitz]

18. They seem to take just about EVERYTHING as a sign to move right. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

23. Because if you don't serve "corporate America" first, you won't be re-elected.

And we all know that National Public SERVICE is not about "service" but about enriching yourself, your family and your beloved cronies. :grr:

The entire system is CORRUPT beyond repair until/unless we see full campaign finance reform.

[JVS]

21. Nope, I'm not worried about that kind of dem at all.

[sendero]

24. If they get any more right..

... they'll be righter than the average Repuke.

[Odin2005]

25. I am.

:(

[W_HAMILTON]

26. Probably.

They're fucking idiots.

I'm guessing when they move further right, and then watch as all the blue dogs get swept out of Congress, they'll think they need to move even FURTHER right?

The Fox-wing of the Republican party needs to be marginalized, the conservative Democrats need to be Republicans, and we need the progressive wing of the Democratic party to become the new Democrats.